[2] These claims refer to Article 101 of the Turkish constitution stating that presidential candidates are required to have completed their tertiary education.
[3] The article however doesn't narrow down tertiary education to universities only, allowing other options such as trade schools and colleges.
[5][6] In June 2016, Ömen Faruk Eminağaoğlu, former chairmen of YARSAV and leader of the communist People's Liberation Party, had requested from the Supreme Election Council (YSK) to carry out an investigation on the "use of forged official documents".
Despite all this, some people still insistently continue to bring up this issue" and asked Mehmet Emin Arat, rector of the Marmara University to release his diploma information.
[10] Marmara University released a statement stating that claims of Erdoğan having a fake diploma have no evidence.